attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral
(adjective) occurring with or following as a consequence; “an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems”; “snags incidental to the changeover in management”; “attendant circumstances”; “the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness”; “the ensuant response to his appeal”; “the resultant savings were considerable”; “collateral target damage from a bombing run”
collateral, indirect
(adjective) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; “cousins are collateral relatives”; “an indirect descendant of the Stuarts”
collateral
(adjective) situated or running side by side; “collateral ridges of mountains”
collateral
(adjective) additional but secondary; auxiliary;
collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
(adjective) serving to support or corroborate; “collateral evidence”
collateral
(noun) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Source: WordNet® 3.1
collateral (not comparable)
Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
Synonyms: tangential, subordinate, ancillary
(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
(finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
(finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
Coming or directed along the side.
Acting in an indirect way.
(biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
collateral (countable and uncountable, plural collaterals)
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
Synonym: pledge
(now rare, genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
(anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
(archaic) A contemporary or rival.
Source: Wiktionary
Col*lat"er*al, a. Etym: [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.
2. Acting in an indirect way. If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.
3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay.
4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. Wordsworth.
5. (Genealogy)
Definition: Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. Blackstone.
Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself.
– Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
– Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross- examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question.
– Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security,
Col*lat"er*al, n.
1. A collateral relative. Ayliffe.
2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
